French rugby's top-flight teams will be forced to implement a salary cap for the start of the 2010/11 season. news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8420139.stm Australia's Quade Cooper will undergo an extensive personal development and counselling course following a string of off-field incidents. news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8420155.stm Stade Francais scrum-half Julien Dupuy has been banned for 24 weeks after being found guilty of eye gouging. news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_u ... 421489.stm

French rugby's top-flight teams will be forced to implement a salary cap for the start of the 2010/11 season. news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8420139.stm Australia's Quade Cooper will undergo an extensive personal development and counselling course following a string of off-field incidents. news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8420155.stm Stade Francais scrum-half Julien Dupuy has been banned for 24 weeks after being found guilty of eye gouging. news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_u ... 421489.stm

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 421956.stm Er......better not day what I'm thinking I'll get banned.

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 421956.stm Er......better not day what I'm thinking I'll get banned.

Good on him. Can't have been an easy thing to do.

Well done to the lad for finally coming out. Shame he had to wait so long to do it.

Message to homophobes and schoolboy comedians.

Please leave this topic to the grown-ups.

In that case do us a favour, say it & go away.

No.

Good on the fella for coming out of the closet. But I have no doubt some will have a go at him for revealing his sexuality.

Manchester 14 vs 41 Sedgley Park
Manchester 0 vs 148 Esher
Nuneaton 95 vs 0 Manchester
Manchester 12 vs 145 Blaydon
Wharfedale 124 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 3 vs 93 Otley
Manchester 3 vs 93 Cinderford
Redruth 91 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 0 vs 93 London Scottish
Stourbridge 95 vs 5 Manchester
Manchester 0 vs 59 Newbury
Tynedale 93 vs 0 Manchester
Blackheath 82 vs 0 Manchester
Sedgley Park 80 vs 3 Manchester
Manchester 3 vs 50 Cambridge

not even the snow can save them

Launceston 66 vs 0 Manchester


-------------- Plyd Won Dw Lost - PF -- PA -- BP - Pnts
Manchester 15 -- 0 -- 0 -- 15 -- 39 - 1407 - 0 - -2

More bile from a Union hack

[url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby/article14612801.ece;jsessionid=527556BF6201587DE55144992F49CD2E?postingType=posting&mode=thanks&postingId=14613292Peter Bills - Bile[/url

All that's bad with Union is league's fault............

Yes Peter. And before Edwards, Ford et al? Why was Union crap prior to them coming along?

Bog brained Murphy..........

getting slightly better - they were averaging over 100 points per game against them upto a few weeks ago.

Let me get this right. Rugby Union was a fast-flowing game, known for open play, fast movement of the ball and lots of tries prior to the arrival of rugby league coaches? What a pile of b*****ks!
The reality is that the fitness and speed that come with overt professionalism have cruelly exposed the flaws in RU as a spectacle. We realised the problems and dealt with them. They can't do the same as to do so would be to admit the problems inherent in the form of their game and their rules. I've made a conscious effort to give RU a chance recently. I've sat and watched internationals and premiership games. The sad fact is it just doesn't cut the mustard when compared to RL.